Improvement in fence-posts



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Letters Patent No; 106,375, dated Augustll, 18,70.

IMPRQVEMBNT 1N Felsen-POSTS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent vsind. making part ofthe name Td all whom 'it army-concern.

Be it known that I, OnvILLEL. LARKIN, of Otto,

in the county of O.|.t.tzn'engns und State ot -N ew York,

' consists in making the foot or lower port ot' each post oi' metal,while the upper port is made of wood, to allow the nailing on of planks,85e.

The met-allie foot is made light andsimple, :md cnn -lie made muchcheaper than an 'equal length of wood, besides being,r moredurableand,reliable.

A, in the drawing, represents the metallic foot of a. fence-post. It iseither cast or stamped ot' sheet metal, the latter mode beingpreferable.

'The foot; is corrugated longitudinally at its upper Afied, and I do,therefore, not coniine part, the Vmiddle trough a extending downwind.The side corrugntions b b steady the post in the ground.

One or more loops, c, :tre formed on the upper part of the foot, bystznnping.,r ont cnt portions, :1s shown. These loops form sockets forholdingr the wooden lieznl B of the post.

A pin, 1,projecting from the wood B through n' slot ofthe foot, willserve to lock the two parts iirlnly together. I

The form of the foot Amny be more or less modimyselt' to the preciseconstruction shown.

Having thus described my invention,

1 claim ns new and desireto secureby Letters Patent- The metal foot A,corrugated as described, and provided with sockets c for holdingr thewooden head B, es specified.

' ORVILLE L. LARKIN.

Witnesses WM. F. ELLIOTT, W: F. ELLIOTT, Jr.

